Audubon Important Bird Areas
Data Set (DS) | Office for Coastal Management (OCM)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66104 | Updated: May 30, 2023 | Published / External
Item Identification
| Title: | Audubon Important Bird Areas |
|---|---|
| Status: | Completed |
| Abstract: |
A compilation of Important Bird Areas for Continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska, created by the National Audubon Society. |
| Purpose: |
To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. |
| Supplemental Information: |
Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
|
| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
planningCadastre
|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | coastal |
| None | planning |
| None | renewable energy |
Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| None | Outer Continental Shelf |
| None | Territorial Sea |
| None | United States of America |
Physical Location
| City: | Charleston |
|---|---|
| State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Maintenance Frequency: | None Planned |
| Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
| Entity Attribute Overview: |
SITE_ID, SITE_NAME, PRIORITY, STATUS, FLYWAY, EBIRD_LINK, WEBSITE_1, WEBSITE_2, ACRES |
| Distribution Liability: |
https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
| Data Set Credit: | National Audubon Society |
Support Roles
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
| Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
| Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
| URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Extents
| Currentness Reference: | Publication Date |
|---|
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| W° Bound: | -179.999989 | |
|---|---|---|
| E° Bound: | 179.999989 | |
| N° Bound: | 71.810069 | |
| S° Bound: | 19.017784 |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
|---|---|
| Data Use Constraints: |
For coastal and ocean planning |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/AudubonImportantBirdArea.zip |
|---|---|
| Distributor: |
Distribution 2
| Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/oceanreports/ |
|---|---|
| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Ocean Reports |
Technical Environment
| Description: |
Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL |
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Data Quality
| Accuracy: |
Untested |
|---|---|
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level |
| Completeness Report: |
Untested |
| Conceptual Consistency: |
These data are logically consistent |
Lineage
Sources
Audubon Important Bird Areas (IBAs)
| Contact Role Type: | Originator |
|---|---|
| Contact Type: | Organization |
| Contact Name: | National Audubon Society |
| Extent Type: | Discrete |
| Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-05-01 |
| Citation URL: | https://nationalaudubon.app.box.com/s/pa2syvfo05vcfugb5vly124t7zzrnorh |
| Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
| Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed |
| Source Contribution: |
Audubon Important Bird Areas (IBAs) for the U.S. |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
1) Received download link from Joanne Wu at National Audubon Society 2) Acquire data by URL 3) Removed unused fields |
|---|---|
| Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
| Description: |
Extract all features overlapping Coastal Counties boundary with 50 nm buffer selection. Execute the REPAIR GEOMETRY function. |
|---|---|
| Process Date/Time: | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 |
| Source: | Audubon Important Bird Areas (IBAs) |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 66104 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66104 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Brianna Key |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2021-12-21 21:33+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-05-30 18:10+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2021-12-22 |
| Owner Org: | OCM |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-12-22 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-12-22 |